Files vs Video Compressor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Files
A powerful and user-friendly file explorer for managing local device storage, cloud services, and network-attached storage. It offers comprehensive file management actions and built-in viewers for various media types. Analyze storage usage and free up space with ease.
- Manage local and external storage
- Access cloud and NAS storage
- Sort files by type
- Analyze storage usage
- Built-in media viewers
- Transfer files via FTP
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File Manager+ is an easy and powerful file explorer for iPhone. It’s free, fast, and full-featured. Because of its simple UI, it’s extremely easy to use. You can easily manage storage on your device, NAS(Network-attached storage), and cloud storage. What’s more, you can find out how many files & apps you have on your device at a glance immediately after opening the app. It supports every file management action (open, search, navigate directory, copy and paste, cut, delete, rename, compress, decompress, transfer, download, bookmark, and organize) for various file formats, including media and apk. Major locations and functions of File Manager Plus are as follows: ◆ Main Storage: You can manage all files and folders on both your internal storage and external storage. ◆ Downloads / New files / Images / Audio / Videos / Documents: Your files and folders are automatically sorted by their types and characteristics so that you can easily find what you are looking for. ◆ Apps: You can see and manage all applications installed on your local device. ◆ Cloud / Remote: You can access your cloud storage and also remote/shared storage like NAS and FTP server. (Cloud storage: Google Drive™, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, and Yandex) ◆ Add Data from PC: You can add any files to the device storage from a PC using FTP(File Transfer Protocol). ◆ Storage analysis: You can analyse local storage to clean up useless files. You can find out which files and apps take up the most space. ◆ Internal image viewer / Internal music player/ Internal text editor: You can choose to use built-in utilities for faster and better performance. Get unlimited access to all premium files and media storage Subscribe to the Monthly File Manager Pro at $1.99 and the Yearly File Manager Pro at $9.99 to use ad-free versions of the premium app, which you can cancel anytime. Privacy Policy: https://zipoapps.com/mediamanagerios/privacy/ Terms: https://zipoapps.com/mediamanagerios/terms/
Video Compressor
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Squeeze big videos down to size, and swipe away the photos you don't need. VIDEO COMPRESSION Load videos by date or by size, or pick them yourself. Go through them one at a time and choose High, Medium, or Low to compress each one as much as you like. Mark the ones to delete, and add keepers to an album or Favorites. When you're done, everything runs in one go. PHOTO CLEANUP Swipe right to keep, left to delete, or down to add to an album. You can also go through just your screenshots. SHRINK & SHARE Shrink a video or photo right before you send it in a message or email. It also opens from the Share button in Photos. STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE All processing happens on your iPhone. Your photos and videos are never uploaded. iOS asks before any original is deleted, and deleted items stay in Recently Deleted. Files you've already cleaned up won't show up again next time. PAWPRESS PLUS • No ads • Up to 200 items per round (free: 10 videos or 50 photos) • Shrink & Share up to 20 files at once, with custom settings • Alternate app icon Choose an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. The annual subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.essentialapps.site/terms.html#pawpress Privacy Policy: https://www.essentialapps.site/privacy.html#pawpress
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Video Compressor at daily against Files's every 3 months. Files's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Files sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Video Compressor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Files ships an update every 3 months, Video Compressor daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Files | Video Compressor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (329 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 329 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | ZipoApps | Essential(Apps) |
In-app purchases
Files
- File Media Manager Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Access3 Days trial$8.997 Days
- File Media Manager Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
Video Compressor
- Pawpress Plus Annual$6.991 Year
- Pawpress Plus Lifetime$9.99
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